Leaving Homes Behind: The High-Stakes Game of Special School Admissions

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Every parent shares the desire to provide a better educational environment for their child. However, the schools that parents met by the production team searched for were not so-called "prestigious schools." Seon-yul's family uprooted their lives last year, moving from Seoul to Goseong, Gangwon Province, solely to secure admission to a special education school. This was because Dongjak-gu, Seoul, where they previously lived, lacked a special school that could accommodate Seon-yul, who has an autism spectrum disorder and an intellectual disability. Although they rushed their move to Gangwon Province and submitted an application, they had to spend anxious days waiting for the assignment results. The Sokcho Cheonghae School, where Seon-yul applied, was admitting only six new students, but applicants far exceeded that number.

(Reported by Soojin, Produced by Kim Da-yeon, Video by Wonjin, Produced by SBS Digital News)
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